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Upper Meadow Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH

DC/24/02208Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 January 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)20 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - Erection of 1No dwelling and garage

Received
13 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Mandy Sexton Architect
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 238 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Upper Meadow Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 27 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO6 5AH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2024
Consultation expiry
31 October 2024
Consultation start
10 October 2024
Consultation end
31 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 June 2024
Last date for comments
31 October 2024
Target decision date
1 November 2024
Permission expires
7 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mandy Sexton Architect
Agent address
Mandy Sexton Architect The Old Rectory Colchester Road Chappel CO6 2AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
171 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
11 June 2024
Site notice start
16 May 2024
Site notice end
6 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13052103
Documents
43
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Polstead
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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